Duration

Part time only

Minimum 0.5 Years, up to a maximum of 2 Years

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

The Graduate Certificate in Arts (Specialisation) is designed to enable graduates to undertake postgraduate coursework study in one of a range of Humanities specialisations. The course develops students' analytic, technical and research skills and graduates will have advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and/or further learning.

This on-campus, one semester full-time (or, up to 2 consecutive years part-time) course is available at Hobart and/or Launceston (not all specialisations are available on both campuses). Some units will be available by off-campus study, but not in sufficient numbers at this stage to complete the degree in this mode.

The following specialisations are available within the GradCertArts(Spec):

Aboriginal Studies

Asian Studies

Chinese

Classical and Medieval Studies

English (Creative Writing*)

English

French

German

History

Indonesian

Japanese

Sociology

*English (Creative Writing) may also be offered in Cradle Coast Campus, subject to sufficient numbers of students.

Course rules and specifications are applicable to a students commencing year.

This course is offered on a full fee paying basis to eligible domestic students. Fees are established per unit and can be found in the unit descriptions within the course schedule. Click on 'View fees for this unit' and select 'Tuition fee (domestic) Post 2008' as the fee type. International students please refer to International Services at http://www.utas.edu.au/international

1. Graduates at this level will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in one or more specialisations or areas of practice

2. Graduates at this level will have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:

analyse critically, evaluate and transform information to complete a range of activities

analyse, generate and transmit solutions to complex problems

transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others

3. Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner.

Career outcomes

In Australia and around the world, employers are increasingly seeking graduates who can speak and write clearly; who are computer literate and understand how to use technology; who know about other countries, cultures and societies; who can solve problems creatively; and who have developed that flexibility of thought which technical and vocational training rarely encourages. Arts graduates find jobs in, for example, advertising, journalism, the arts, diplomacy, interpreting and tourism, management and administration, and research and publishing.

Course structure

These course rules and specifications apply to students commencing the course in 2014. For students who commenced prior to 2014, the applicable course rules are those from the year of commencement. i.e. students who commenced in 2013 should refer to the 2013 Handbook.

Students undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Arts (Specialisation) are required to complete coursework units totalling 50%. Coursework units are to be taken from the relevant specialisation schedule.

Aboriginal Studies: Reading Anthropology

This seminar-based unit engages students with a range of theories and debates found within anthropology since its emergence as a distinctive discipline, covering both classic and contemporary anthropological thought. Most issues will be canvassed through the use of paired readings,…

Aboriginal Studies: Individual Research Project

This project is comprised of a course of supervised reading and writing in an area or on a topic negotiated between the student and supervisor. Its purpose is to increase understanding at an advanced level of issues pertinent to the…

Aboriginal Studies Theory

This Honours unit provides an introduction to a range of influential theories and methodologies germane to research in Aboriginal Studies. This may include developments in historiography, anthropology, post-colonial theory, cultural studies, linguistics, community development theories, sociological theories, socioecology, structuralism and…

Asia Matters: China Now

This unit aims to give students an insight into some of the important and contentious issues emerging in contemporary China. No previous study of China or Chinese language is required as the background and historical introduction necessary for making meaning…

Reporting Asia

This unit explores the relationships between knowledge, power, perception, and notions of truth which operate through the reporting of Asia. The unit moves beyond analysis of representations of Asia and Asians by examining how the media 'constructs Asia' through technical…

Gender in Asia

This is an Honours/post-graduate coursework unit which examines theoretical and practical issues concerning gender in Asia. The unit is grounded in an assumption of the diversity of the lived experiences of both men and women throughout Asia and of differences…

Japan in the Twenty-first Century

The purpose of this unit is to encourage students to engage with some of the issues informing current social and cultural debates in Japan. Topics can include gender issues in contemporary Japan, nationalism in contemporary Japan, and minority groups in…

Japanese Applied Linguistics

Introduces students to relevant concepts and issues of Japanese Linguistics. The unit also includes a contrastive study of Japanese and English with particular emphasis on selected areas of morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.…

Guided Reading in Chinese

The aim of the Guided Reading seminar is to expose students to a range of important texts which have contributed to the field of Chinese studies. The texts chosen may or may not be relevant to your thesis topic, but…

Guided Reading in Indonesian

Exposes students to a range of important texts which have contributed to the field of Indonesian scholarship since Independence. The texts chosen may be relevant to students' theses topics, and may also be useful in helping them decide on an…

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

Gender in Asia

This is an Honours/post-graduate coursework unit which examines theoretical and practical issues concerning gender in Asia. The unit is grounded in an assumption of the diversity of the lived experiences of both men and women throughout Asia and of differences…

Guided Reading in Chinese

The aim of the Guided Reading seminar is to expose students to a range of important texts which have contributed to the field of Chinese studies. The texts chosen may or may not be relevant to your thesis topic, but…

Chinese 4D Advanced

Extends work done in HMC421 to further develop competence in very advanced spoken and written Chinese. Unit includes grammar lecture and online tutorials in speaking and listening, reading and writing.…

Asian Languages Teaching Methodology

This unit equips teachers with teaching strategies for primary, secondary and senior secondary language (Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese) teaching. The unit will develop both generic pedagogies and teaching skills specific to each of the three languages…

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

Advanced Studies in History E

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Advanced Studies in History D

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Seminar in Ancient Culture

Consists of a study of a major issue or issues in the study of ancient Greek and/or Roman culture, based on evidence partly in the original language/s and partly in translation, within the field of expertise of a member of…

Seminar in Ancient History

Consists of a study of a period or theme in ancient history, based on evidence partly in the original language and partly in translation, within the field of expertise of a member of the Classics discipline.…

Advanced Classical Studies A

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of classics, making use of primary sources of various varieties. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is available.…

Advanced Classical Studies B

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of classics, making use of primary sources of various varieties. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is available.…

Complementary Study in Ancient Greek A

This unit is designated to provide a rapid survey of the Ancient Greek language sufficient to enable students to read selected passages of Ancient Greek. It includes some historical and cultural background.…

Complementary Study in Ancient Greek B

This unit is designated to provide a rapid survey of the Ancient Greek language sufficient to enable students to read selected passages of Ancient Greek. It includes some historical and cultural background.…

Medieval Europe AD 1000-1450

Pick up the story in 1000 when the Vikings have given a kick-start to Europe's economy and the warrior mentality of the early Middle Ages is giving way to the rising aristocrats. From this starting-point, the unit will examine the…

Renaissance and Reformation Europe

Examining the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, this unit focuses on the Renaissance and the Reformation, two separate yet related historical periods (and historical constructs) which represent a major break between medieval and modern Europe. The unit examines the remarkable dynamism…

The World of Alexander the Great

Concentrates on the rise of Macedon and its expansion under King Philip II and his son Alexander the Great. The unit examines the means employed to acquire and maintain empire and gives special attention to the life and conquests of…

Roman Republic 218-31 BC

Covers the Roman Republic from the period of Roman expansion in the Mediterranean to the end of the civil wars. The unit will concentrate on the political and social structures underlying this process, with particular emphasis on the Roman aristocracy,…

The Roman Empire: Victory, Virtue and Vice

Examines the institutions, organisation and society of the Roman Empire during the first century AD to the middle of the second century. The approach to the period will be primarily through literary sources in translation, as well as archaeological, numismatic…

War and the Hero: Classical Epic

War and the nature of heroism were the central subject of the ancient world's most prestigious literary genre, epic poetry. This unit explores the changing ways in which the experience of war and the character of the epic hero are…

Comedy and Tragedy in the Classical World

Examines tragic and comic dramas of classical antiquity, which established the nature of western drama for later ages, including the works of Sophocles and Aeschylus, and the bawdy and irreverent Greek and Roman comedies. Particular attention will be paid to…

Greek and Roman Mythology

This unit is a study of the role of myth in Greek and Roman culture through literary texts and ancient art, including an exploration of the relationship between mythological narratives and religious ritual. This unit also traces developments in the…

Love in the Ancient Novel

Explores Greek and Roman conceptions of gender and sexuality in the most popular and least prestigious of ancient literary forms, prose fiction. Central to most of these novels is an erotic relationship tested by a series of remarkable adventures which…

Celtic and Roman Britain

This unit examines the society of the ancient Celts in Britain during the first century BC until the 4th Century AD. This encompasses the upheaval that occurred with the onset of the Roman invasion and how this affected the social…

The World of the Classical Greeks

Covers Classical Greek History from the period of Greek expansion in the Mediterranean in the 6th century BC until the Battle of Leuctra in 371, which saw a dramatic shift in the destiny of the ancient Greek city-state. The unit…

Creative Writing 1

This unit provides an opportunity for aspiring creative writers to focus on their creative practice and work towards the production of a sustained work of prose fiction. The work produced in this unit may constitute part of a larger work,…

The Craft of Writing 1

To aspiring writers, prolific American writer Stephen King offers the following advice: "If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." This unit offers aspiring writers a…

The Author

This unit gives students the opportunity to study in depth the work of a single author. Through tracing an individual author's career we will also consider the role of the author more generally. How do authors conceive of their role?…

Fictions of the Far South

What stories have been told about the south polar continent since its existence was first hypothesized? What are the genres, themes, motifs and metaphors through which we imagine Antarctica? How have these changed with increasing access to the region? How…

Colonial Adventure Fiction

The colonial project inspired countless stirring adventure stories - from boys' own tales of derring-do to fantastic fictions of lost races. In this unit we will read a selection of colonial adventure fictions and related criticisms in order to explore…

Research Methodology and Scholarly Editing

This unit aims to develop students' research and writing skills in literary studies to advanced levels. The specific focus of the unit will be on bibliographical methodologies, the practices of critical writing, the stages of a research project, and scholarly…

Postcolonial Narratives

This unit examines the ways in which postcolonial writers represent connections between traditional humanist concerns - for example, race and gender - and the 'natural' environment. Through a detailed analysis of selected works from Africa, India, Canada, the Caribbean and…

Australian Literature

This advanced unit gives students the opportunity to study a selection of key Australian texts in detail and to develop an informed perspective on a current issue in Australian literary studies selected by the unit coordinator.…

Placing Film

This unit employs ideas of place to pose questions about the form and function of film. What principles do we use to locate films in historical, cultural and ideological contexts? What conventions manage the representation of diverse places in cinema…

Individual Research Project

Involves structured reading and writing on a topic agreed on between the individual student and a supervisor and approved by the English Honours Coordinator. Students are expected to employ the skills and conceptual knowledge acquired in earlier units to investigate…

Shakespeare's Stage: The Play of Power

Elizabethan and Jacobean players were largely excluded from earning a living within the boundaries of respectable London. Instead they entertained the city from its margins, with plays of remarkable violence, wit and sensuality. Their theatre survived by reshaping narratives of…

Literary Theory

This unit examines the development of literary theory from the middle of the twentieth century to the present. It aims to provide students with the skills to read theory critically and to develop informed arguments in response to critical, literary…

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

HTA502

Nineteenth Century Tasmania

Examines the political, social, economic and environmental history of Tasmania in the long nineteenth century. Themes include the nature of the convict system, relations with Aborigines, the anti-transportation movement and its legacy, the achievement of self-government, the role of women,…

Advanced Studies in History A

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Advanced Studies in History B

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Advanced Studies in History C

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Advanced Studies in History D

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Advanced Studies in History E

This unit allows advanced study of a selected field of history, making use of primary sources and engaging with cutting edge scholarship. The student selects a field from the fields taught in the semester and for which expert supervision is…

Historical Research Methods and Sources A

This unit provides postgraduate coursework students with an introduction to historical research methods and strategies and to various primary sources relevant to historians whether working in Tasmanian or other history.…

The Practice of History

This unit is a compulsory part of the History Honours program. It inducts students into the historian's craft and the professional practice of history. It aims to impart some basic research skills and introduce students to some issues of theory…

History Honours Special Project

This unit is available to History postgraduate coursework students, subject to School approval. This unit is NOT available to History Honours students. In the History Honours Special Project students complete, under supervision, a 5,000 word research essay on an approved…

Honours Seminar in History A

The Honours Seminar in History A involves in-depth study of a particular research area in history and whole-hearted immersion in genuine, contemporary, and pressing historical debates of the highest academic standard. In this high-intensity unit students are required to read,…

Honours Seminar in History B

The Honours Seminar in History B involves in-depth study of a particular research area in history and whole-hearted immersion in genuine, contemporary, and pressing historical debates of the highest academic standard. In this high-intensity unit students are required to read,…

Honours Seminar in History C

The Honours Seminar in History C involves in-depth study of a particular research area in history and whole-hearted immersion in genuine, contemporary, and pressing historical debates of the highest academic standard. In this high-intensity unit students are required to read,…

Honours Seminar in History D

The Honours Seminar in History D involves in-depth study of a particular research area in history and whole-hearted immersion in genuine, contemporary, and pressing historical debates of the highest academic standard. In this high-intensity unit students are required to read,…

Discovering History

This unit will help teachers convey an understanding of the past to students and do so by the development of historical skills and historical thinking and by building confidence in analysing and reading a variety of sources. The new Australian…

Guided Reading in Indonesian

Exposes students to a range of important texts which have contributed to the field of Indonesian scholarship since Independence. The texts chosen may be relevant to students' theses topics, and may also be useful in helping them decide on an…

Indonesian 3C Advanced

Develops the students' skill in reading Indonesian and their ability to discuss, in Indonesian, topics based on this reading. In addition to works assigned to them, students may choose articles or books of personal, academic and professional interest. Regular comprehension…

Gender in Asia

This is an Honours/post-graduate coursework unit which examines theoretical and practical issues concerning gender in Asia. The unit is grounded in an assumption of the diversity of the lived experiences of both men and women throughout Asia and of differences…

Indonesian 3D Advanced

Develops the students' skill in reading Indonesian and their ability to discuss, in Indonesian, topics based on this reading. In addition to works assigned to them, students may choose articles or books of personal, academic and professional interest. Regular comprehension…

Asian Languages Teaching Methodology

This unit equips teachers with teaching strategies for primary, secondary and senior secondary language (Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese) teaching. The unit will develop both generic pedagogies and teaching skills specific to each of the three languages…

Indonesian 4A

This unit develops higher level language skills, including the ability to read Indonesian texts of different styles and registers write in formal Indonesian in a nuanced style hold analytical discussions in sophisticated Indonesian on a wide range of topics and…

Indonesian 4B

This unit develops higher level language skills, including the ability to read Indonesian texts of different styles and registers write in formal Indonesian in a nuanced style hold analytical discussions in sophisticated Indonesian on a wide range of topics and…

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

Japan in the Twenty-first Century

The purpose of this unit is to encourage students to engage with some of the issues informing current social and cultural debates in Japan. Topics can include gender issues in contemporary Japan, nationalism in contemporary Japan, and minority groups in…

Japanese Applied Linguistics

Introduces students to relevant concepts and issues of Japanese Linguistics. The unit also includes a contrastive study of Japanese and English with particular emphasis on selected areas of morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.…

Gender in Asia

This is an Honours/post-graduate coursework unit which examines theoretical and practical issues concerning gender in Asia. The unit is grounded in an assumption of the diversity of the lived experiences of both men and women throughout Asia and of differences…

Japanese-English, English-Japanese Interpreting

Designed for advanced students of Japanese to provide basic vocational training in the skills of interpreting from Japanese to English, and English to Japanese. Students are required to master specialised vocabulary, honorific expressions and the conventions of speech and behaviour…

Asian Languages Teaching Methodology

This unit equips teachers with teaching strategies for primary, secondary and senior secondary language (Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese) teaching. The unit will develop both generic pedagogies and teaching skills specific to each of the three languages…

Japanese 4A

This unit develops higher level language skills, including the ability to read Japanese texts of different styles and registers write in formal Japanese in a nuanced style hold analytical discussions in sophisticated Japanese on a wide range of topics and…

Japanese 4B

This unit develops higher level language skills, including the ability to read Japanese texts of different styles and registers write in formal Japanese in a nuanced style hold analytical discussions in sophisticated Japanese on a wide range of topics and…

* Up to 25 points of units may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; Up to 25 points of units may be taken from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

Skills and Research Methods Workshop

The Honours Skills and Research Methods Workshop will be taught in weekly two hour seminar sessions and a one day workshop. Each week a sociological or criminological staff member with expertise in a particular method of data collection and/or analysis…

Research Project Design

Research Project Design supports students in designing a research project and focuses on precision in research design. The workshops consist of regular 2-hour weekly sessions, runs in the first half of the academic year and is formally assessed by the…

Research Strategies for the Social Sciences

This unit builds upon research strategies introduced in XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research. Students will develop social research skills in major qualitative and quantitative methods in the social sciences. Qualitative and quantitative research design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation of…

The remaining 12.5 point elective unit may be taken from undergraduate advanced level units in this or a related discipline; or from a related postgraduate coursework area, with the agreement of the Head of School or program coordinator.

**HGA303 Social and Political Research is an undergraduate unit and is counted towards the Social Research specialisation.

Entry requirements

a Bachelor of Arts degree or its equivalent with the relevant major from the University of Tasmania; or

a university degree from another university or tertiary institution with the relevant major , deemed to be appropriate by the Faculty of Arts; or

candidates not holding a bachelor's degree but whose employment experience indicates a level of knowledge and skill deemed by the Faculty to be sufficient to complete the course satisfactorily may be deemed eligible for admission,

and a level of English equivalent to a score of 6.0 on an IELTS test, unless otherwise specified.

Exemptions regarding entry requirements may be made at the discretion of the Head of the relevant School in consulation with the Honours Coordinator and the Program Director.

Students who have satisfactorily completed the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Arts (Specialisation) may proceed to the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Specialisation). Where specialisations permit, students who satisfactorily complete the requirements for the Graduate Diploma may then proceed to the Master of Arts (Specialisation).

Where specialisations permit, students will have the opportunity to undertake 12.5% or 25% of internship units (subject to negotiation with the course co-ordinator) as part of the Graduate Diploma. The maximum percentage of internship units able to be counted to the Graduate Diploma is 25%.

CreditCredit may be given, at the discretion of the Faculty, for previous postgraduate or honours level study, or alternative achievements by students in other awards and professional practice areas at equivalent level.

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

Fees for Domestic students are based on individual unit selections. Please refer to the fees section of each unit description to work out an indicative annual cost.

Annual Tuition Fee is inclusive of the compulsory Student Services and Amenities (SSA) fee. The SSA fee for 2017 is $294 AUD.